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tablemaid

tablemaid noun: a female servant at the dining table.

Noun

tablemaid (plural tablemaids)

  1. A female servant at the dining table.
    • There had been a good many cooks and tablemaids during Violet's lifetime. She never became friends with any; they were always called Miss This or Mrs That, and the courtesy titles made a barrier between them and the orphanage girl.1983, New Writing Scotland, numbers 6-8, page 47

Forms of tablemaid

pluraltablemaids

Origin of tablemaid

From table + maid.

Questions about tablemaid

What does tablemaid mean?
Tablemaid means a female servant at the dining table.
What part of speech is tablemaid?
Tablemaid is a noun.
What is the plural of tablemaid?
The plural of tablemaid is tablemaids.

Words near tablemaid in the dictionary

  1. tableity
  2. tableland
  3. tablelands
  4. tableless
  5. tablelike
  6. tablemaid
  7. tablemaids
  8. tablemaker
  9. tablemakers
  10. tablemaking
  11. tableman

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